by NerdyTB on Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:15 pm ([msg=45690]see I found a foreign hacking site. What should I do?[/msg])

I found a Arab/Palestinian hacking site that has their users hacking other websites. Their website is here: Removed. The evidence of their hacking can be found here: Removed. Finally, their threat to anyone seeking to fix the problem can be found here: Removed. Any suggestions?

URLs removed. These guys are a bunch of skiddies, but they are not our responsibility. Report them to law enforcement if you wish - but anything illegal, however stupid they are, can't be supported here on HTS. --sanddbox

by sanddbox on Mon Sep 13, 2010 11:20 pm ([msg=45691]see Re: I found a foreign hacking site. What should I do?[/msg])

Sorry, but you're pretty much asking us to hack them. Having a site devoted to hacking isn't illegal, as evidenced by the existence of this site. Hacking other sites is illegal, and while it's obvious they are hacking sites (probably with skiddie tools), we can't hack them back - it's illegal, and we don't support illegal activities here.

Report them to law enforcement if you wish, although I doubt anything will be done about it. To be honest; they're basically helping web evolution - sites poorly secured enough to be defeated by skiddie tools deserve to be taken off the internet.

They're idiots that think they can hack - but let them think that. There's nothing we can do.

by tremor77 on Tue Sep 14, 2010 2:27 pm ([msg=45751]see Re: I found a foreign hacking site. What should I do?[/msg])

A report to law enforcement would not generally be useful, specially if the site is in another country than yours. If they were of any significance in terms of a real hacking threat, A- The site would not have such a public face to be found and B- Law enforcement probably is already aware of their existence. Being from an actual criminal hacking background myself, however... sites like this can often be a recruiting tool.. especially if there is an extremist ideology fronting it. So @ my esteemed colleagues, skiddie sites can have more legit big brothers, imagine having a legion of skiddies to do your shit work.... Would it be alright if I get that URL? Purely for curiosity and educational purposes.

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. -Rick Cook

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. -Rick Cook